We don’t have a date for our next meeting. We need to __________ one before we all leave today.

Can we __________ the date of our AGM? We said May 16th. Is that still all right with everyone?

The date of the wedding had to be __________ six months when Di discovered she was pregnant.

A series of strikes by construction workers has __________ the opening date of the new airport by six weeks.

Sorry we had to __________ the date of the meeting. So many of us couldn’t make the 14th that we really had no choice.

We both like opera so why don’t we __________ a date to go and see La Traviata one day next week?

2 Common adjective collocations

Complete the sentences below with the following:

completion earliest possible

expiry later

particular sell-by

closing firm

I’m afraid I’m tied up all next week. The __________ date I can make is the second of July.

It’s important that you keep an eye on the __________ date of your credit cards.

Retain this receipt, since you may need it at a __________ date if you need to return the goods.

The building company will have to pay compensation if the work continues beyond the agreed __________ date.

You’d better hurry up! The __________ date for entries to the competition is the 4th of August.

Never eat food which has passed its __________ date.

We’re still not able to give you a __________ date for the meeting. We’ve still got to contact half the committee.

I bought an open ticket because I didn’t want to tie myself down to coming back on a __________ date.

Go back and underline the adjective collocations.

3 Date + preposition + noun

Complete the sentences with these nouns:

applications birth general election

manufacture meeting wedding

Make sure you fill in your name, address and date of __________ .

In Britain, the party in power has the right to choose the date of the next __________ .

We’re thinking of the end of June, but we haven’t set a specific date for the __________ yet.

The closing date for __________ is May 31st.

The date of our next __________ has been changed, hasn’t it?

What’s the exact date of __________ of your car?

Notes

1. In 1-1 arrange, decide on and set are also possible. In 2-3 future is also possible.

2. Note the expressions up-to-date and out-of-date:

Our monthly newsletter will keep you up-to-date with all the latest developments.

The information in the brochure is hopelessly out-of-date.

3. Note these common expressions:

This is the best machine we have produced to date. What’s today’s date?

There’s been a mix-up over the dates of the conference.

4. A ‘date’ can also mean a romantic meeting:

Can I speak to Marie, please?

> I’m afraid she’s out on a date with her new boyfriend.

5. If you go out on ‘a blind date’, it is with somebody you have not met before:

I can’t believe you went on a blind date!

> Neither can I, but he turned out to be really nice!

ANSWER KEY

Ex 1:

fix 2. confirm 3. brought forward 4. delayed 5. change 6. make

Ex 2:

1 earliest possible 2. expiry 3. later 4. completion

5 closing 6. sell-by date 7. firm 8. particular

Ex 3:

1 birth 2.general election 3. wedding

4 applications 5. meeting 6. manufacture

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